US Patent Issued to Technologies Luqia on July 14 for "Microbolometer detectors with optical absorber structures for detection of terahertz radiation" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,881, issued on July 14, was assigned to Technologies Luqia (Quebec, Canada).

"Microbolometer detectors with optical absorber structures for detection of terahertz radiation" was invented by Hassane Oulachgar (Quebec, Canada), Christine Alain (Quebec, Canada) and Francis Genereux (Quebec, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microbolometer pixel unit for detection of terahertz radiation includes a substrate, a thermistor structure, and an optical absorber structure. The thermistor structure includes a plurality of microbolometer pixels disposed on the substrate. Each pixel includes a thermistor platform suspended above the substrat...